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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[February 18,

M A T T E R S S U B M I T T E D BY P R E S I D E N T K I N L E Y

The Board considered the following matters submitted by the President of the University.

(1) R E P O R T O F V E T E R I N A R Y COMMISSION The Report of the Veterinary Commission:

The commission appointed under your authority of August 15,1919 (see minutes, pages 570 and 652), to consider a report to you upon the advisability of establishing at the University of Illinois a School of Veterinary Science begs leave to submit the following report. By authority given the President of your Board, who was himself designated chairman of a commission for this purpose, the following commission was appointed: Hon. Charles Adkins, Director of Agriculture. Hon. J. G. Imboden, President, State Live Stock Association. Hon. F. Edson White, Vice-President, Armour & Company. Hon. Simon E. Lantz, State Senator. Hon R. E. Nesbitt, President, Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association. Dean Eugene Davenport, College of Agriculture of the University. Professor H. W. Mumford, Department of Animal Husbandry, College of Agriculture, of the University. Dr. David Kinley, President of the University. Hon. Robert F. Carr, President of the Board of Trustees and Chairman of the Commission. Your commission met on February 20, 1920, at the University, all the members being present. The resolution of the State Legislature directing the Trustees of the University to appoint this commission was read. The commission organized with the president of the University as secretary. The commission voted to request the President of the University to appoint a faculty committee to consider the whole matter, to get together information for the commission, and give the commission the benefit of their study. In accordance with the resolution mentioned above, the President of the University appointed a faculty committee as follows: W. C. Coffey, Professor of Sheep Husbandry, chairman. H. P. Rusk, Professor of Beef Cattle Husbandry. Robert Graham, Professor of Animal Pathology. K. C. Babcock, Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. J. M. White, Supervising Architect. It turned out that Dean Babcock*s health at the time would not permit him to serve. Therefore, Professor E. J. Townsend, formerly Dean of the College of Science, kindly consented to take Dean Babcock's place on the commission. The report of this committee was made on July 22,1920, and sent to each member of the Commission. It received the careful attention of all and was the subject of discussion at the next meeting of the commission ,which was held at the University November 5, 1920. All the members of the commission were present excepting Mr. Charles Adkins and Mr. F. Edson White. At this meeting general conclusions were reached as to the character of the report to be made and the secretary was requested to draft it. This having been done, the commission has considered the draft and formulated its report as given below. Report of the Commission The commission was directed to report plans and estimates for a College of Veterinary Science, in accordance with the instructions of the General Assembly to the Board of Trustees of the University. A study of the field shows, however, that the establishment of a College of Veterinary Science would be an expensive procedure